Improvement in dumping-cars



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S. D. KING. DUMPING-CARS.

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' DUMPING-CARS. No.184 ,389. Patented Nov.14, 1876.

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PATEN SIDNEY D. KING, or MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DUMPlNG-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,389, dated November14, 1876; application filed September 30,1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY D. KING, of Middletown, in the county ofOrange and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dumping- Oars; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,-which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a coal and grain car or wagon, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my inventionwhen usedas a coal-car. Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite side when usedas a grain-car. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section ofthe car; and Fig. 4is a cross-section of the same, showing it in a tilted position.

A represents the bed-frame of my ear or wagon, which frame may bemounted upon wheels to form a wagon or form the bed of a car. B is thebox or body, secured to a central roller, (I, under its bottom, whichroller is journaled in suitable hearings on the frame A, and betweensaid bearings supported upon one or more rollers or wheels, (1. D D arethe end-boards of the box B, which are hinged at their lower edges tothe bottom of the box, in such a manner that when either one of them islet down it forms a continuation of the box-bottom. The end-board D isat each end provided with a leg, D projecting beyond the side of thebox, and'provided at its lower end with a wheel or roller, b, restingupon a track, 01, in the main frame A. At each side the end-board D isprovided with a segmental plate, D to close the space formed when theend-board is let down, said plate being connected with the leg D nearthe lower end thereof, by a brace, D Under the bottom of the box A, neareach end, in suitable bearings, is placed a shaft, E, having a lever, G,at one end, and at the other end a disk, G. Both the lever G and disk Gare formed with notches or projections m w, to catch on hooks orprojections e 6, connected with the side plates D or braces D when theend-board is closed and the lever Gr turned so as to catch on a rack, I,secured to the side of the box. When the two levers Gr G are thus caughta T-shaped latch, H, hinged to the top of the box, is let down over theupper ends thereof, which latch can then be secured by means of anysuitable lock. To the frame A, above the track at at each end, issecured an upper track, f, as shown.

When the latch H has been raised either lever G can be moved inward,whereby the hooks w on the lever and disk are removed from the hooks orprojections 0, corresponding therewith. This end-board D can then beturned down by means of a lever, J, inserted in staples h h on one ofthe side plates D As this end-board thus turns, the rollers b, at-

tached to its legs D rise up to the under side of the upper tracks f atthat end, whereby the whole box is at once tilted sufficiently to bringthe load, or a major portion thereof,

over the center. The load then completes the tilting of the box,throwing the end-board en-' tirely down, and dumping the entire contentsof the box. The end-board is raised again by means of the lever Jbringing the box back into a horizontal position, when the end-board islooked as before.

When the box is to be used for grain it is provided with a suitableroof, R, as represented in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a dumping car or wagon, the box B, secured to a center roller, (J,journaled in bearings on a bed-frame, and the box supported in ahorizontal position by means of legsD attached to the hinged end piecesD, and provided with wheels or rollers b, all substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

2. The upper tracks f, arranged on the bedframe Afor the wheels I) tooperate against for the purpose of tilting the box B, as herein setforth. I

3. The combination of the hinged end piece FFIo.

D, legs D plates D braces D and projections e, with the shaft E, havinglever-G and disk G, provided with hooks m m, substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

4. The combination of the levers-Gr Gr, rack I, and T-shaped latch H, asand for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingflas my own-I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses i SIDNEY D. KING. Witnesses:

H. RELYEA,

HENRY W. WIGGINS.

